Huntersville aims to ease N.C. 73 traffic woes

Curtailing issues now will prepare area for widening, which is planned for next year. HUNTERSVILLE -- Huntersville planners are hoping a new approach can help alleviate an old problem: backups on N.C. 73 near the Target store. Right now, the road is a trouble spot that backs up traffic. Cars often have to wait a minute or more, and many drivers dangerously dart across to make it through a small opening. The town board is hoping Target will agree to turn its access road into a public street, helping to facilitate traffic on N.C. 73 and getting that area better prepared for the widening of N.C. 73 next year. To do it, Target would have to sacrifice some of its parking spaces and also cut off some access points for others. But Huntersville transportation planner Bill Coxe said something has to be done. “Right now, people turning... [read full story]